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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 879: AN ACT relating to guardianship.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 879 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on March 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to guardianship. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): returned to Families & Children (H).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 387.510 to amend definitions; amend KRS 387.710 relating to filing of inventory by conservators, to provide that a limited conservator or conservator shall file a verified report and financial account annually, unless the limited conservator or conservator is the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in which case the verified report and financial account shall be filed biennially; require the limited conservator or conservator to include in a verified report filed with the court whether the conservator or limited conservator delegated power to any other person; amend KRS 387.740 relating to emergency powers of the court, to provide that the authority of a limited guardian or conservator appointed on an emergency basis shall be time limited; amend various sections of KRS to conform.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. returned to Families & Children (H)
  2. 1st reading
  3. taken from Families & Children (H)
  4. to Families & Children (H)
  5. to Committee on Committees (H)
  6. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source